To read the texts click on the texts:1 Jn 1:1-4; Jn 20:2-8
Saint
John whose feast we celebrate today is in the Gospels the brother of James. The
brothers were sons of Zebedee and were fishermen. John along with his brother
James and Peter were the trio who accompanied Jesus when he raised Jairus'
daughter and also on the mountain at the Transfiguration and in Gethsemane.
The
Beloved disciple who is a character only in the Gospel of John has often been
associated with the disciple and evangelist John.
The
Gospel text chosen for the feast is from the Gospel of John and in which the
beloved disciple figures. The text speaks about the intuition and faith of the
Beloved disciple. On being told by Mary Magdalene that the Tomb in which Jesus
lay was empty, he along with Peter ran to the tomb. The beloved disciple saw
and believed. He needed no proof. The empty tomb and the words of Jesus before
his death were proof enough for him.
What
the beloved disciple believed, is the evidence of the empty tomb: not merely
that the tomb was empty, but that its emptiness bore witness that Jesus has
conquered death and restored life.
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